At no point
does anyone in the film even vaguely resemble an actual 21st - century teenager; when these kids text each other, it comes across like science fiction.
About a half hour into the film I came to the realization that Rollerball might have the world's smallest script due to the meager amount of dialogue
from anyone in the film, and of this dialogue, almost none gives us any feeling for any of the characters, who are mostly cast for looks than for acting ability.
How or why they run a multi-billion dollar corporation never gets answered, let alone questioned
by anyone in the film, but Brett functions as a comedy - delivery vehicle, albeit an unfunny fun.
That makes enjoying its anticlimactic story even more difficult, because it's hard to care what happens to
anyone in the film when they're as naïve, selfish and just plain boring as the characters here.
Almost everyone is talking about Cooper getting an Oscar Nomination for his role as Pat, however, I feel that
if anyone in this film deserves an award it's Jennifer Lawrence.
We learn next to nothing
about anyone in the film, aside from the fact that Newt was once in love with someone whose family plays a large role in the events that take place 70 years later.
Consider Dustin Hoffman in «Rain Man,» a widely acclaimed performance that asked that he not connect
with anyone in the film, never make eye contact, rock back and forth and speak in a nasally voice.
He probably has less dialog than
anyone in the film, and yet he's in virtually every frame.
O'Hare, of course, doesn't mean anything to
anyone in the film.